Only 3 of the 19 players to score 90 or more points this past season and 8 of the 31 players to score 80 or more were the same age or older than the age Huberdeau will be going into next season.
It's a young player's game and pretty uncommon for a player 30 or older to produce at a point per game level. Hopefully he bucks the trend of course, but I don't think it is a given that he ever gets back to that. 70-80 points would be a successful season, but whether or not that is redemption, I am not sure.
If I had to pick a player, I'll go with Mangiapane. His shooting percentage last season was less than half of what it was his two previous seasons. If he can get that back up to the mean, it should translate into more points. Given his age, I think a rebound is likely.
I'll also take Ruzicka. He was another one that I think Sutter mishandled and is probably going to want to prove a lot next season.
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